[Python-Dev] Trove classifiers

Thu Mar 20 17:43:49 CET 2008

On Mar 20, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> Yes, exactly. Eric Raymond claims to be the inventor, but there are
> different voices against him:
> http://damagestudios.net/blog/2005/08/15/sourceforge-founders

That contests that Raymond was an "architectural granddaddy of 
SourceForge", not that he invented Trove. My understanding is that he 
did start the efforts to define the Trove classifiers as part of a 
larger effort that never panned out, but that defining the classifiers 
was not a solo effort.
 -Fred
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Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org>